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High Desert Museum

Our library has a pass we can check out for a week to go and visit the local museum in the area. We have been a couple times and the kids enjoy seeing the animals and being able to run around.

Adahleigh and her elk.

They have a little climbing section where the kids can run around and explore. They had smaller rocks you could push out of the way and it would show different animals hiding under them.

Keisha trying to get a closer look at the snake under the rock. She kept her distance though none of them were actually real.

Charles is definitely adams son. He loved exploring and finding all the different animals.

This was adahleigh's favorite part. They have a area that has a pioneer feel to it. They let you pump your own water and then take it to the garden to water the plants. There were not many kids there today so they each took a couple turns.

They also had a few pioneer games lying around that the kids took a shot at. They were both a little small to actually get the circle rolling. (We have video of adam doing it, but we can't get videos to work on our blog at the moment.)

Playing in the rope spider web at the playground.

Keisha only made it through part of the day before zonking out.

The playground was a giant dirt pile. We were going home afterwards so we let the kids have at it until they were tired.

Swimming in Utah

While we were there we took the kids to the local swimming pool to burn off some energy and hang out with some more friends!

Adahleigh's favorite part of swimming is being able to jump in all by herself. They all enjoyed going down the two little slides you can see behind her. Keisha even enjoys it.

Splashing is of course on the top of everyones list.

Adahleigh also enjoyed going down the big water slide with there dad. I was trying to take a good picture and not let any other little kid drown me in the process. Needless to say i failed.

We had a great time swimming with friends. ....ok i think i enjoyed it the most just being able to visit!!!

Utah road trip

This past July we went to visit my family! We were going to surprise my mom for her birthday!!

We left our usual time about four in the morning so the kids would be to tired to complain about the ride. To help break up the trip we decided to hit all the temples along the way that were not to far off the main road. Adahleigh loves to go see the temples.

Our first stop was The Boise Temple.

(Yes this is how taking a picture with our three little rascals usually go)

The kids enjoyed smelling or trying to pick the flowers.

Another stop was the big bridge in Twin Falls.

The kids thought the view was pretty cool.

Next stop was the Twin Falls Temple.

...every once in awhile we capture a fairly good picture.

We also were able to stop by and see the beginnings of the Brigham city temple being built.

This has got to be one of my favorite pictures of adahleigh, she definitely has a good scowl to her.

Don't mind the sandal's forgot to pack her church shoes.

We had a great time while visiting family. Just never pulled the camera out or got any good pictures. We went back to pokey for a day and hung out with our friends. We also made it out to visit with adams family at there annual family reunion in Lava.

Sorry i am not much for words, but i know you all just like to look at the pictures anyways!!

The slide of doom!

On the way home from Utah we took a stop in the town of Burns.

Where we found this..... as i call it the slide of doom.

This slide looks a lot worse than it is.... The kids actually had a slow steady speed all the way down.

Little keisha even enjoyed climbing to the top and sliding down.

They finally got tired of climbing all the way to the top and headed for the smaller slide.

They enjoy trying to make a train and going down all together. Keisha usually breaks it because she does not understand she needs to hold on to the person in front.